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Title: Help me identify Medal - Royal Marines
Post by: majormonkey on Tuesday 24 February 15 11:48 GMT (UK)
Hi,

Can anyone help me identify this medal? My GGG grandfather served in the Royal Marines between 1848 and 1869.

Thanks
John
Title: Re: Help me identify Medal - Royal Marines
Post by: barryd on Tuesday 24 February 15 12:18 GMT (UK)
With a name to go with your Marine it may be possible to find him and identify the medal.
Title: Re: Help me identify Medal - Royal Marines
Post by: John915 on Thursday 26 February 15 22:27 GMT (UK)
Good evening,

I can't find what it is yet but not an official services medal. wrong shape altogether.

John915
Title: Re: Help me identify Medal - Royal Marines
Post by: JohnDavies12345 on Thursday 19 March 15 16:17 GMT (UK)
It isn't a campaign medal as they were all round...ish or star shaped, it may be a gallantry medal but very hard to tell from the photo.
Title: Re: Help me identify Medal - Royal Marines
Post by: Jsavage00 on Tuesday 10 January 17 00:16 GMT (UK)
could be a george cross medal?
Title: Re: Help me identify Medal - Royal Marines
Post by: mmm45 on Tuesday 10 January 17 22:51 GMT (UK)
I'd say it was more like a Temperance medal...not military award or campaign.

Ady
Title: Re: Help me identify Medal - Royal Marines
Post by: MaxD on Wednesday 11 January 17 09:32 GMT (UK)
Following Ady's thought see http://www.stewartbooks.com/Temperance_Medal.htm and http://indiannumismatics.com/products.php?id=76 and Google images although none appear exactly the same.

maxD
Title: Re: Help me identify Medal - Royal Marines
Post by: AncestryPete on Sunday 05 February 17 16:19 GMT (UK)
Possibly a Masonic Medal
Title: Re: Help me identify Medal - Royal Marines
Post by: John915 on Sunday 05 February 17 21:12 GMT (UK)
Good evening,

I could find nothing that matched the shape amongst the masonic medals. Hard to tell exactly from the slight angle but it appears longer than it's width. I will check out things like the buffalos, lions etc.

John915
Title: Re: Help me identify Medal - Royal Marines
Post by: John915 on Sunday 05 February 17 23:11 GMT (UK)
Good evening,

After extensive searching I can find nothing similar, Buffalos, Lions or Foresters.

John915
Title: Re: Help me identify Medal - Royal Marines
Post by: AncestryPete on Monday 06 February 17 11:13 GMT (UK)
I struggled for a long time with trying to identify a medal worn in a photo by an elderly relative c. 1890  and eventually had it placed into my hand by a distant cousin, it was an award from a local gardening competition generously sponsored by a local landowner. :D